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Greetings to the Yargos

Sorry I haven't been around much, but I should be back onto
MSN again soon too.

With regards to the reason for this e-mail, it is our
pleasure to inform you (although you may have already
guessed from GF's post in the saved game thread) that the
Mercs have succeeded in destrying Bitum, and as such,
required in total, 20g.

I've been hunting through past correspondence and think it
was agreed that you would put up 1/3 of the cost. I sent 10g
to the Mercs last turn (we sent the 10g deposit to start the
deal), so if you would be so kind as to roll 6 or 7 gold
coins our way, we would be most grateful.

Cheers

Zone - Team 1BC
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Hi guys,

I have tried to pick you for a long time but it seems that u don’t connect to Msn anymore or not at the same time as me. Situation has changed a bit and we need some information.

As we know, Feudals have at least one archer and one enkidu in Médine and 2 others enkidu are on the hill beside. As for Kish, there are 1 archer an 1 worker in the north and 1 enkidu beside them.
At this moment, they have also sent several enkidu in our kingdom in order to plunder or kill our workers. That's the reason, we withdrew our troops form Medine. Since we are still on anarchy, we avoid to attack with ours Gallic swordsmen.
2 enkidu are near the iron just under Community suburb. Of course, we will prevent them going on the iron hill with some spearmen. Consequently, you might have some visit. An other group, composed by an archer and an enkidu, tried to hurt us in the south, but they will no longer be a problem.
We suggest you to move your task force to the south to Kish. Attacking the town or plundering between Mecca and kish would be interesting and can be discuss once we will be there.
Thanks to our jump palace, we might manage to get Medine with a cultural flip since our new capital is just close to Medine. For the moment we can send our archer to help you. Others troops will be available soon.

As for luxuries, we need to know if you will have your furs connected soon. People on Republic are a bit stressed by the war and we need some luxuries to calm them down.

We also would like to have information about the destruction of Bitum. Do you know how many units Merc have destroyed ?

Of course, we are available to discuss about anything you want to.

Hope to have news from you soon,

Lordevil,
Yargos Foreign Minister

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Hi there

Sorry, My computer is not connected to the internet yet, so
I'm rarely, if ever, on msn at the moment.

As for Bitum. There were no Feudal units there. They
probably weren't expecting us to attack there, and so put
all units in northern cities.

Thanks for the heads up re. the feudals units, and the
suggestion of plundering their stuff. We'll head that way
now.

Furs... We only have the one connected at the moment, but
I'm angling for another worker to be produced (starting this
coming turn) so that we can connect that other fur in a few
turns.

We'll keep you informed of interesting developments!

Cheers

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Lordevil dit :
sup
Zone dit :
hi there, not a great deal
Lordevil dit :
how are u going ?
Zone dit :
how am I going? Where
Zone dit :
very well cheers
Lordevil dit :
well, both
Lordevil dit :
we have just finished our anarchy
Lordevil dit :
time to fight is coming
Zone dit :
cool, good to hear
Lordevil dit :
how are u doing near Kish ?
Lordevil dit :
our diversion worked, they attacked us
Zone dit :
I'm not sure, Merrial played the last turn, and I think he was worried about the Feudals that have appeared further North. I wasn't around to say that you'd said you had control of that threat
Lordevil dit :
arrf
Lordevil dit :
it was a great opportunities to attack kish
Zone dit :
Yup, sorry about that. I did put it in the thread, that that's what we should do, but I couldn't get to him on MSN, it was just before I got the random internet connection here
Lordevil dit :
ok we were wondering where are ur units...
Lordevil dit :
what are u planning to do then ?
Zone dit :
I'll play the turn and head them south
Zone dit :
If you've def. got thos feudal units, then we don't really need to worry about them
Lordevil dit :
we defeated several units in our kingdom..now they are trying to retreat to Medina
Lordevil dit :
about science, what are u researching ?
Zone dit :
Have you got that covered, we might be able to intercept
Zone dit :
ummm
Zone dit :
I think it's the top one...
Zone dit :
construction?
Zone dit :
I honestly can't remember, I have only played one turn in the past month or so!
Lordevil dit :
are u planning to go to Republic or u still want to go to Monarchie ?
Zone dit :
I think Monarchy, but I'll chat with Merrial
Lordevil dit :
just let us know..if u need Republic we can give it to u
Zone dit :
Cheers, We'll be sure to let you know soon
Lordevil dit :
do u have any deal about Currency ?
Zone dit :
I'll check
Lordevil dit :
ok send me a mail..we need to know what to research
Lordevil dit :
we are about to finish horseback soon
Lordevil dit :
Kish is empty right now..they have 2 enkidu left which are out of town..imagine if u have headed to Kish :-/
Zone dit :
how do you know that?
Zone dit :
Nothing to do with Currency
Lordevil dit :
we still have one spearman beside Kish who has 1 life
Zone dit :
OK
Zone dit :
I'll run our units down there then
Lordevil dit :
ok what was ur deal with latino then ?
Lordevil dit :
hope that they cant bring reinforcement from Mecca
Zone dit :
Has Merrial not said anything about trades?
Lordevil dit :
yeah but it was to be confirmed
Lordevil dit :
it was a deal like u give them Code of laws, Construction..and they give u Monarchy and Currency..well it's what i believed
Zone dit :
Heh, I'll just delete all I just typed! I think HR rather than Currency...
Zone dit :
Unfortunately all this was arranged just as I was off on holidays etc. and we lost track a bit of what was going on and failed to get that info to you
Lordevil dit :
lol
Lordevil dit :
well, if u can just send me an e-mail to confirm to me
Zone dit :
will do
Lordevil dit :
gtg prepare diner
Zone dit :
I'll let you know about the monarchy/republic thing too, but I'm fairly sure we ant mon.
Lordevil dit :
nice to talk with you
Zone dit :
and you, enjoy your food
Lordevil dit :
we need to keep in touch more often
Zone dit :
of course, every few days if possible
Lordevil dit :
see ya then
Zone dit :
ttyl

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Zone dit :
Hi there.

I can confirm that we are indeed going for Monarchy, and the trade we have arranged is as I stated last time we chatted. I was going to e-mail, but figured you'd appear on MSN soon
Lordevil dit :
Hi
Lordevil dit :
ok..
Lordevil dit :
so the trade is Construction+Horseback riding and they give u Monarchy and currency ?
Zone dit :
ummm... I'll just check
The reason I said 'as I stated last time' is because i couldn't remember ;p
Lordevil dit :
lol
Zone dit :
Unfortunately, we are recieving HR. We're also getting Monarchy, and we're giving CoL and Const.
Lordevil dit :
oh ok
Zone dit :
I knew there was a reason it was a slight balls up
Lordevil dit :
damn, if we knew it we would research currency instead of hroseback riding
Zone dit :
yeah, sorry bout that
Zone dit :
that was the balls up. Entirely our fault
Lordevil dit :
are u going to play this turn or it will be Merrial ?
Zone dit :
Whoever gets to it first I guess. Depends when it's sent. If sent early morning for me, likely that Merrial will get to it. Who knows
Lordevil dit :
ok but you told him what to do ?
Zone dit :
yup, go south
Zone dit :
towards Kish
Zone dit :
Is that your side of the river?
Zone dit :
do we have to give it to you if we capture it/
Zone dit :
Perhaps that should be 'should we give it to you' There's no 'have to' in this game
Lordevil dit :
lol true
Lordevil dit :
well, the best is to wait for us i guess before attack
Lordevil dit :
just plunder the link between Kish and mecca
Zone dit :
true, although you said there were only 2 Enkidus?
Lordevil dit :
i'm not sure u have units enough to capture kish
Zone dit :
probably right
Zone dit :
it's on a hill too I think...
Lordevil dit :
they will have something like 2 enkidu + 1 archer and perhaps a third enkidu, time for you to come over there
Lordevil dit :
yeah exactly
Lordevil dit :
i will send u instruction as soon as we will receive the save
Zone dit :
cool
Lordevil dit :
just think about connecting the extra furs for us as soon as possible please
Lordevil dit :
in Republic we need luxuries :-/
Zone dit :
Yup, I need to persuade Merrial that another worker is needed.
Lordevil dit :
thank you
Lordevil dit :
i gtg
Zone dit :
ok, ttyl
Lordevil dit :
talk to u tomorrow

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Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
Hi there
Lordevil dit :
sup
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
When I went to play the save today, I found an e-mail from the Feudals, asking what we wanted in exchange for peace
Lordevil dit :
lol
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
I haven't replied, and to be honest, I'm quite happy to exterminate them
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
Merrials suggestion was ask for their Capitol
Lordevil dit :
even if they want, they cant give u their capital
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
Well, they could. They can take all of their units out and we can just march in, then give back any gold we get from it
Lordevil dit :
oh view form this point it's ok
Lordevil dit :
seriously, u can ask them to give u kish
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
for peace? I don't think they'd accept a city, they don't have enough
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
we could try, but we may as well get rid of them completely
Lordevil dit :
so just too bad for them
Lordevil dit :
seriously, u want peace ?
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
nah, we're happy as we are really
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
I just brought it up to let you know what was going on
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
I want to make sure we don't forget ANYTHING from now on
Lordevil dit :
we already gave them a chance last time
Lordevil dit :
they laughed at our face..
Lordevil dit :
so now the price is higher
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
Exactly, and that was while they still had 4 or 5 cities
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
we only asked for 2 workers and 2gpt, which I thought was very reasonable!
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
considering we had to disband a city!
Lordevil dit :
true
Lordevil dit :
i will bring this to my government..perhaps they will have any other suggestion
Lordevil dit :
did u send ur troop to Kish ?
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
they're headed that way
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
and I've persuaded Merrial at last that we need another worker!
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
But unfortunately it'll take a while to get that other furs
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
Well, bear in mind we're very much happy to continue at war, and destroy the feudals.
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
As you may gather from my status, I've just got back from Ultimate practice (literally, I switched on the screen to see if anyone had anything important to say, and you signed on), so I MUST go for a shower
Lordevil dit :
lol
Lordevil dit :
it'.s ok
Lordevil dit :
see ya
Zone {More Ultimate} dit :
ttyl

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Lordevil dit :
did u receive my mail ?
Zone dit :
when?
Zone dit :
to the team, or me personally?
Lordevil dit :
well, i sent it to you and to merrial
Zone dit :
I don't seem to have it...
Lordevil dit :
well, we juste nedd to know how many time will u get Construction ?
Lordevil dit :
it's the only science we need to change era
Zone dit :
Heh, you're speaking to the rioght team
Zone dit :
Care to bung us CoL and we'll send it to you next turn
Lordevil dit :
u already have it ?
Zone dit :
Will have it next turn
Lordevil dit :
ok send it to us with accept
Lordevil dit :
i guess we will send u currency, COL in order to u to change era too
Lordevil dit :
just dont trade the science without asking us before
Zone dit :
I'll just check what our old trade deal involves, I think we've only got Monarchy to collect now, so that would be good
Zone dit :
of course
Lordevil dit :
we need to slow others civ down on science and it is not good to spread them too fast
Zone dit :
We've still got to give CoL and Const. But I think we're just going to hang on to one of them for a while before giving it to them
Lordevil dit :
once u will change era, u will receive a bonus science..just tell us what is it asap..then we will research another one
Zone dit :
Good thinking
Lordevil dit :
we have just activated our GA last turn
Zone dit :
So hows the rest of the game going? We noticed there are a couple of Enkidus camped to the North of their city
Zone dit :
oooh
Lordevil dit :
time for sumer is counted
Zone dit :
cool
Lordevil dit :
we juste need to get rid off the damn mercenaries boats
Lordevil dit :
we suppose that they want to unload in our kingdom
Lordevil dit :
i guess that sumer pay them to destroy one of our city
Zone dit :
I hope they're not headed for us, I don't think we'd do too well
Lordevil dit :
i dont think so
Lordevil dit :
otherwise they would took by the other side..
Lordevil dit :
well i gtg
Lordevil dit :
time to sleep for me
Lordevil dit :
dont forget to send us construction
Zone dit :
hang on a tick
Lordevil dit :
and happy time with ur g/f
Zone dit :
OK, just checked, we still have to get HR, but we're getting that from our deal.
Zone dit :
We'll hang onto CoL until after they give us that
Zone dit :
Or Construction. I can't remember if we told them which one we're currently researching or not
Lordevil dit :
dont worry we will give u the science u dont have
Zone dit :
They might get upset though...
Lordevil dit :
hmm
Zone dit :
although I don't see why they could be upset if we carry on as if they gave it to us...
Lordevil dit :
what are they suppose to give u ?
Lordevil dit :
HR and currency ?
Zone dit :
I'll ask Merrial what he thinks about them
Zone dit :
ummm, Monarchy, Poly and HR
Zone dit :
We've got the first two
Lordevil dit :
ok..
Zone dit :
I'll PM them asking if they mind if we get the tech elsewhere, but we'll still give them the techs we agreed to give them
Lordevil dit :
well, it doesnt matter if we give HR then..just for u to change era asap
Zone dit :
indeed
Zone dit :
The first person went to the next era about 2 turns ago
Lordevil dit :
yeah
Lordevil dit :
also..we just meet Britain
Lordevil dit :
one of their ship reach our coast
Zone dit :
If only we could trade communications at this point, we'd have some major barganing chips
Zone dit :
We've met everyone
Lordevil dit :
really !?!
Lordevil dit :
doh !
Zone dit :
Yup, we got a boat across a while ago
Lordevil dit :
lol
Lordevil dit :
we should improve our communication i guess
Zone dit :
Probably true!
Zone dit :
I look forward to when we can settle down to the buisness of playing as allies without this trade deal we've got. You were right, it's a bit tedious, however, I think it helped us get Monarchy earlier as it really is the way we want to go
Lordevil dit :
honestly, if we had a better communication..u would already in Republic..and u wouldn't have to give all this science to the latinos
Zone dit :
I know I know, but it's not the way it worked out
Lordevil dit :
hehe
Zone dit :
But we still don't want to be Republic
Lordevil dit :
nevermind..we need to destroy sumer asap
Lordevil dit :
we lost too many time
Zone dit :
indeed, get back to ubilding a few cities!

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Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Hi there.

Let me know when you're back online
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
cheers
Lordevil dit :
hi
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
hi there
Lordevil dit :
sup
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Have you had an e-mail from the Feudals offering peace?
Lordevil dit :
hm no
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
hmmmmm
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Hang on, I'll copy and paste
Lordevil dit :
ok
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Hello 1BC,

I am Lord Inverse, ruler of the House of Inverse of the Feudal empire.
There has recently been a coup, and Lord Ghengamesh has been overthrown.
The House of Inverse now rules the entire Federation alone.

In that vein, we wish to seek peace with the Communialists to our North.
The new regime in the Feudal Empire has no issues with the Communalists,
and is greatly interested in ending this war which has killed thousands
of both our peoples. Lord Ghengamesh did not keep any logs of his
multi-millenia reign, so I cannot honestly say much about the situation
at hand, other than it has gone on for far too long. To that end, we are
willing to offer 75 gold for the immediate cessation of military action,
and a prolonged peace between our peoples. The Feudal Empire does not
desire enemies.

Please let us know if this is acceptable, or if you wish to continue the
wanton destruction of our peoples. In either case, I bid you good luck
and godspeed.

- Lord Inverse
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Doesn't 'Lord Inverse' = Uber Krux?
Lordevil dit :
i really dont know
Lordevil dit :
well, honestly, it's up to u
Lordevil dit :
as far as we are concerned, i dont think there is space enough for 4 civ in our continent
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
It is Uber
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
I'm inclined to agree
Lordevil dit :
so i doubt that we are going to accpet any peace
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
I also don't like Uber, he was the one who gave us the hard time before he left
Lordevil dit :
so you will decline their proposition ?
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
I'd like to. I shall have to see what others (i.e. Merrial ) say, but I don't think he likes Uber either, so it's likely that we will continue to support you. The only reason we might go for peace is to give us a better chance to repair our infrastructure and catch up with city number again after the feudals traitorous start
Lordevil dit :
let us know asaop about ur decision
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
I will
Lordevil dit :
let us know what science u have as bonus too at ur turn
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
You'll find out, I just sent it accepted
Lordevil dit :
nice
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
You'll be glad to know that you will now have the ability to build Medieval Infantry
Lordevil dit :
just want to say that it is obvious that if we have to finish Feudals alone, we may ask for a compensation
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
I see
Lordevil dit :
doh
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
is that what you were researching?
Lordevil dit :
i am not dure we will accpet it now :-/
Lordevil dit :
it will prevent us to continue to produce our gallish
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Really?
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Bugger...
Lordevil dit :
yeah gallish swordman upgrade to Medieval Inf
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Anyway, what are you researching at the moment?
Lordevil dit :
nothing, we are wiating tyo know what science u will get
Lordevil dit :
dont trade anything without asking us before please
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
We're currently switching to Monarchy, so we have no research at the moment, but we should obviously not research the same thing
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Oh, and that reminds me
Lordevil dit :
i guess that we will research monothéism..to go to knights
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
The British offered to give us all the techs we needed to get to the next era, in exchange for our bonus tech and a bit of gold. Obviously I refused, but they also mentioned Lit. I think that's what we are researching at the moment while we were getting the techs from yourselves and the Latinos. We were 10 away from it when I started the government change. I don't see why we should bother trading for it when we're so close to it anyway. thoughts?
Lordevil dit :
sure
Lordevil dit :
u did well
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
It will give us libraries which will be good for us. Cheaper, more culture and more resreahc
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
But I think we should finish that, then well go for Engineering
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
*we'll
Lordevil dit :
of course but it is not that an urgency for u cuz for the moment, u dont have a lot of cities and they are busy to produce military or to expand firts
Lordevil dit :
*first
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
We need to get our culture expanding too, incase the Mercs land a boat and plant a city in an irritating place. Libraries produce more culture than temples and are cheaper for us, allowing us to build more units in the intervening time
Lordevil dit :
Mercs wont plant a city that far, dont worry
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
I guessed, but they could easily plonk a city next to the gems, just for the sake of the luxury, and not bother with the production
Lordevil dit :
i know..i just said that for the moment, there is some more urgency for others things like military or expand
Lordevil dit :
how will they protect such a town ?
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
We still only have 5 cities. We were shafted when the Feudals attacked us with no provocation and we had to abandon one
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
I don't see that we would want to go to war with them
Lordevil dit :
if we had too, i dont know why we shouldn't
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
We'll manage, we're managing to balance settler production, barrack production and unit prodduction at the moment
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Damn it's hard work, but we'll get there
Lordevil dit :

Lordevil dit :
i gtg eat
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
OK, enjoy your food
Lordevil dit :
but thank to let us know about ur letter
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
that's cool
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
ttyl

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Lordevil dit :
hey
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
hi there
Lordevil dit :
how r u ?
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
I'm well thanks
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
you?
Lordevil dit :
fine too..a bit tired cuz we changed hour today
Lordevil dit :
lost 1 hour of sleep :-/
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
we did that last week
Lordevil dit :
my team was wondering : do you have several horses spots ?
Lordevil dit :
cuz we havnt got any
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
No, we have none on the continent. We klnow of a small island where there is one though
Lordevil dit :
is this island far ?
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Not very, but we think the Mercs know of it
Lordevil dit :
cuz it wont be necessary to go to knights..if we havn't got horses
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Lol, true
Lordevil dit :
where is the island exactly ?
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
you're asking alot
Lordevil dit :
North of ur kingdom ?
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
There's nothing north of us as far as we know
Lordevil dit :
just to let us know if it worth to research knights
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
I can't remember if it's over sea or ocean though, and you can't link by harbour over ocean for a while yet. Hang on, I'll check
Lordevil dit :
ok thanks
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
I'll have to boot up the game quickly, we've been deleting some of the old pics from the forums
Lordevil dit :
no prob take ur time
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
It's linked over Sea, no ocean
Lordevil dit :
urgh..it means we need Astronomy to link it :-/
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Oh, and I know that the Latinos have a source
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
In which case, may aswell ignore Knights, and just wait for cavalry
Lordevil dit :
i guess that's what we have to do
Lordevil dit :
what will u research after ur anarchy ?
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
We still need to get a city over there though, before someone else does
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
Not sure...
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
We'd quite like Lit at some point soon
Lordevil dit :
since there is no horses, we will probably go on engineering
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
In which case, we'll go along the top rung
Lordevil dit :
u'd better go for monothéism, i am sure that we can deal Lit with the british soon
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
well we'll probably have a couple of weeks before we have to decide
Lordevil dit :
lol
Lordevil dit :
how many time ur anarchy is supposed to last ?
Zone - dodgy connection. dit :
4 turns
Lordevil dit :
ok..not that long
Lordevil dit :
well, thanks for ur information, i need to report it to my team

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Hi there.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to hang around last night, I was too tired. However, I'll just say what the suggested deal is, and perhaps you could comment.

The Brits are suggesting that we trade Feudalism (32 research points apparently) and 40g for Monotheism (36 points apparently). I do not remember what you are currently researching, but we are in the process of changing governments, so it is not really much of a problem for us as regards to losing research. Of course, this could also benefit you a great deal too and perhaps you would be willing to provide the gold, while we provide the tech. They have not stipulated that we cannot trade the tech on straight away after we have recieved it.

Cheers

Zone - Team 1BC

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Hi there.

Just a heads up. We recieved monothesim which we have sent to you. I
also
refused your 40 gold. Not because we don't want it, but you'll also
notice that
we're also sending you 90 gold. This is because the barbs have headed
towards
our city rather than our worker, we'll let you know when it's safe to
give it
back with the extra on top wink Oh, and don't forget to let us know when
you want
Feudalism.

Cheers

Zone - Teamn 1BC

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Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
Hi there
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
We should have furs roaded to you in... 4 turns or so I guess?
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
Sorry it's been so long
Lordevil dit :
hehe
Lordevil dit :
no prob
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
Oh, and it should be safe for the money to come back next turn
Lordevil dit :
we sent a few units to sumer capital
Lordevil dit :
ok no prob
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
I saw, about 6 gallic swords
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
I'm guessing you saw our two swrods after they were attacked
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
they killed one archer trying to take them out and we forced their Ancient cavalry to retreat
Lordevil dit :
nice
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
But on 1 hp, I decided to move him south and capture a worker, then disband him and lose our sword. There was no where else for him to go
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
We're also having a spot of bother with two HUGE barb camps that sprang up when the new era started
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
There are horses everywhere
Lordevil dit :
ouch
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
It's a case of moving about on the mountains and getting the swords in a NW/SE line
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
then letting them kill themselves
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
they're slowly being whittled down, but it's why we had to give you all of our gold
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
Oh, and we're now a monarchy, so we can REALLY get going now
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
Let us know when you want Feudalism. I'm guessing once the Feudals are vanquished...
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
Anyway, I must get to bed
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
ttyl
Lordevil dit :
night
Zone - hmmm... exams soon... dit :
night

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Hi there Yargos. We currently have a worker on the furs and digging
away
furiously. He'll have it connected in 3 turns. Sorry it's taking so
long, but
it's hard trying to produce military AND infrastructure. Especially
when 50 odd
barbarian horses suddenly appear on your doorstep!

Cheers

Zone - Team 1BC

73



Hi guys,

For luxuries, there is 2 possibilities. If you want incense now, we can send it to you against 1 gpt. The 1 gpt is necessary to avoid an automatic interruption after the 20 contract turns. Consequently, we will give u back the 1gpt once u will send us furs.
The other possiblity is to wait to exchange incense against furs. So it's up to u.

We are about to attack Feudals soon. We are working on hiring some mercs troops. Do you have cash to help us ?

Lordevil

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Hi there

We do not 'need' an extra luxury in the next couple of turns, so we're quite happy to wait for the furs to be connected.

Sorry we haven't been able to assist much against the Feudals, but hopefully we'll be able to join in. I'm not sure what the extent of our treasury is at this moment. I'll let you know after the next turn.

Zone - Team 1BC

75



Hi there

We're having barb trouble again, so if you would be so kind to look after our
cash, we would be most grateful wink. In fact, if you could just give it straight
back once you've accepted it, that should work wonders smile We've also now started
Theology.

Cheers

Zone - Team 1BC

76



Hi there, I see you're reading the forums

Same deal with 180gold this time. This should be the last time. There are 3 barbs about to attack the city (got nothing left to lose in it now ) and we have a sword next to their last camp which only has one warrior in it

Cheers

Zone - Team1BC

77



Hi,

Just a note to tell you that we have a galley near your territory. Don't worry, this galley is empty and its only aim is to visit the map.

If there is anything, dont hesitate to communicate with me.

Lord

78



Dear 1BC friends,

We have finally crushed the feudals. Their last city is now under our administration.

Unfortunately, this is the only good news I can bring you. Altough we told them to not do so and sent them 2 warnings, the mercs decided to challenge us by continuing to send their workers on a tile which leads to Ayronis.

They planned to build a city there which would allowed them to bring their ships from one side of their pnionsule to the other. Howoever, such a city would be not only a break to Ayronis developpment but also a threat to our country.

We told them that we disagree, we warned them, ask them for explanation but they just didnt answer us. Consequently, we didnt have other choice to attack the group of workers in order to eliminate this threat.

We haope that you will be on our side in this new conflict that we try to avoid but just couldn't.

We advice you to build a lot of dromond to keep mercs ships far away. We guess that berseker wont be so long to develop and send to ous countries.

Lordevil
Yargos Foreign Minister

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Thank you for the warnings, we shall hasten to protect our shores from scandanavian pillage and shall certainly provide assistance where possible if the conflict continues.

Zone - Team 1BC

80

Alors, lordevil a-t-il contacté 1BC pour la politique de recherche ? J'attends sa réponse avant de contacter à nouveau les Bananeros
Sire, leur armée est ridicule !

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oui

ca ne pose pas de prob pour 1BC.

C'est juste que pour les 4 tours qu'il reste, ils vont finir theologie.

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Hi,

The Yaro team governement changes : now I will be your main contact for at least the next 10 turns. I or my successor will warn you of any changes for the contact. But please go on using the address isdg1@jm10.no-ip.com in copy to my address.
In fact, due to lack of participation of most member in the team, the team decide to give all the decisions power to one guy chosen every ten turns (me for the next ten turns and may be more).

Now to the diplomatic stuff. I propose to sealed an alliance between Latinos, 1BC and Yargos (me). We will exchange any science. As Latinos and Yargos are more efficient in research than 1BC, 1BC will stop any research and give us gold to help us search faster. They will just finish first the science theologie (3 turn to go).
Our first goal will be to eradicate the mercenary. I think we should wait for the cavalery before trying to do it.
Currently Yargos is searching gun powder, available in 3 turns. So Latinos should stop any research until 1BC give them theologie and then Latinos should search Education (which should go fast as they should have three turn of sparing gold).

Do you both agree to this alliance (and if yes to the research scheme) ?
Inao
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83

Hi,

Great. So 1BC should immediatley stop any research. How much gold would you (1BC) be able to send to me and Latinos ?
I discover the Gun powder. No one else I know have it yet, so I will send it to you (1BC and Latinos) if you ask for it or when other people will have it. Here are the powder location I see on your territory :
- 1BC : 89 of Community Fortress,
- Latinos : 899 of Hastio.
I also have one spot, as does the mercenaries (9 of Bodo). Now I'm researching chemistry (11 turns).
I agree for astronomy, as it will also allow trade for us. I see you (Latinos) have three spot of horse. 1BC and I have none.

Greetings,
Inao
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84

Hi,

First message either for me, and through the Latinos. I add your address to my 1BC list. Did you receive my previous e-mails ?

So finally 1BC and Yargo will research technology, while Latinos will do gold.

See you,

Inao
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85

Hi all,

I just realised that we already can trade luxury or horse with Bananeros. I think this is due to the peace with the Mercenary and the tile of cost near Pirate's Cove.
So, I sent incense to Banaeros. Daniel, please put something in turn toward it, this way the trade won't stop automatically after 20 turns. I would like to have horse, but if you don't already have a horse available for trade (I see three near the cost but only one with a road on it), you may just put one gold per turn.
I also send ivory to 1BC. Please put in front of it gems (or 1 gold per turn if not linked already).
I will have a third ivory in three turns, I would then send it to Bananeros.

By the way, could you increase the amount of gold you sent to me and 1BC ? Tech research isn't fast enough I think, and as my land is able to do 143 gold per turn when I put 0% science, I suppose you are able to do more than 24 gold per turn (the current amount you send us).

Greetings,
Inao
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86

Hi all.

We should have spare gems connected within some turns... they're on mountains so they're taking a while. However, we'll shortly have 2 workers on the job. For the moment, we'll put 1gpt towards the ivory smile
Zone - 1BC
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Greeetings Allies!

Team 1BC would like to announce the completion of Education in 3
turns time and are wondering what we aim to do. Do we wish to head
towards Democracy, or possibly towards all the techs that throw us
into the Industrial age? My personal preference would be to get
Democracy, then head into the next era. but am open to persuasion
otherwise.

Zone - Team 1BC